About us

We portray the history of our famous regiments, The Gloucestershire Regiment (The Glorious Glosters), their antecedents The 28th & 61st Regiments of Foot & The Royal Gloucestershire Hussars.

Traditionally both have recruited from the County and the surrounding areas including Cheltenham, Cirencester, Stroud, Tewkesbury, The Forest of Dean and from Bristol. Indeed, there are few local families who over the generations have not been associated with either of these regiments.

The Museum does not seek to glorify war. It does, however, show how both regiments have faced up to the challenges and strains that soldiering around the world, both in peace and war can bring. It is a tribute not only to their traditions and achievements but also to their centuries long links with the County.

History continues to develop and the regiments have amalgamated and evolved over the years, most recently to become 1st Battalion, The Rifles and the C (RGH) Squadron, Royal Wessex Yeomanry. The museum shows the continuity between past and present depicting their activities around the world over three centuries and through campaigns such as The War of the Spanish Succession, The American Revolutionary War (The American War of Independence), The Napoleonic Wars, The Anglo-Sikh Wars, The Crimean War, The Indian Mutiny, The Boer Wars, The First World War, The Second World War, The Korean War (including The Battle of the Imjin River), and peace keeping duties in Afghanistan, Cyprus, Bosnia, Kosovo and Northern Ireland.

We hope that you will enjoy this website and, by exploring the various areas of the site, find it both useful and informative. It aims to complement rather than substitute a visit to the museum where the detailed history of both regiments and the variety of their collections can be seen.

We are based in the Custom House in Gloucester Docks, a renowned tourist destination in the ancient cathedral city of Gloucester.